Años

Años

Sito Sasieta

after Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor

The Cuban violin is another catechism
that leads God’s church into the dirt of jubilee.

A chorus teaches that we reap what we sow
while the violin coda instructs us to slow

down. How might we surrender to Leviticus
25 or open the chest to softer trombones?

Every 7 days & every 50 years, the Hebrew God
prods us into rest. The Lord of Sabaoth

whispers sabbath for the soil & each heir
of a slave who yet toils. Grant them the joy

of the güiro. Grant us an itch for salvation:
a harmony of no-till farming, timba & reparations.

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Sito Sasieta
Poet & Care Provider

Alfonso “Sito” Sasieta is a poet, dancer, and care provider; he works in a L’Arche community where adults with and without disabilities share their lives.

This essay is featured in Ekstasis Issue 10 Print Edition

Photography by Omer Cetin